Core Book
We have lots of favourite stories at Nursery. When introducing a new book, we look carefully at the key features. The front cover gives us lots of information about the book including the title, author and the picture is often a clue about what the story might be about.

For two weeks we focus on a 'core book'. By doing this it helps us to understand the story and learn lots about the characters. 
After reading the book it enables us to join in with lots of fun activities based around the story. This helps us to learn in all areas of our curriculum.

The three little pigs ...

This is a brilliant classic tale all about how patience and hard work pay off in the end. The first two pigs were a little lazy who refused to put in much effort. As a result they constructed their houses quickly which meant that they could not escape the BIG bad wolf!

We have really enjoyed acting out this story with our friends and designing and building our own houses making sure that they were wolf proof! We also enjoyed writing letters from the wolf to say sorry to the little pigs for being so scary! 

A handful of buttons by Carmen Parets Luque ...

For the next two weeks we are sharing this story, this is a lovely story that teaches us about how families are different, unique and special. Families are as diverse as a handful of buttons, but something that they do have in common is LOVE!

We have enjoyed joining in with lots of activities based around this story. We have been drawing self and family portraits, sorting, counting and making patterns with buttons and lots more ...

Kind by Axel Scheffler

Imagine a world where everyone is kind - how can we make that come true?

This story has inspired us to think of more ways that we can be more kind to others. 

We shared our feelings, about what makes us happy and what makes us sad. We also talked about the different ways to be kind to others. We made 'kind' jars' by drawing something that we could do at Nursery that is kind ...

Mixing paint ...

We have been learning how to mix paints to create some beautiful colours! There is a lot to remember when we paint. We have been listening and following instructions, and using our hands carefully ...

Harvest collection ...

Thank you for your Harvest donations. We will continue to collect tins, packets, toiletries & baby products if you wish to donate. Our collection will then be taken to a local charity for them to distribute in the local community.

We're going on a Autumn hunt ...
We enjoyed going on an 'Autumn' hunt in the Nursery garden, we found lots of signs that Autumn has finally arrived. Lots of trees have lost their leaves and we also noticed that the leaves are changing colour. We found lots of brown and yellow ones! As we walked through the leaves we heard a crunching sound and when we scooped some of the leaves up into our hands and threw them into the air they danced around in the sky before gently floating back down to the ground just like the 'Five little leaves so bright' song ...

Farmer Kayla ...

Kayla, the farmer came to visit us today to talk to us about working on a farm. Kayla shared lots of photographs of her working day. Kayla told us that she needs to get up very early in the morning so that she can help look after all the animals that live on the farm. Kayla very kindly brought in some milkshake that is made at the farm, we enjoyed tasting, banana, chocolate and strawberry. They tasted yummy!

The colour monster by Anna LLenas ...

The colour monster, feeling all mixed up inside, sets out on a journey to sort through his feelings. This story is great for learning lots about colours, numbers, shapes and about helping us to understand our own feelings. 

We have been busy drawing and making our own colour monsters and discussing what makes us feel happy, sad, scared etc. We also had a go at finger painting, we mixed paints together to create lots of different colours.

Stay & play ...
Everyone was invited to join us at Nursery for stay & play. We enjoyed showing our mums and dads what we get up to and what we have been learning at Nursery.
Stay and play provide an opportunity for parents to stay with their child and actively participate in various activities and play experiences alongside them. It's a great time for parents and children to learn and grow together in a supportive and nurturing environment.

There's a witch in your book by Tom Fletcher ...

Hocus Pocus! Just in time for Halloween! This is an adorable story all about a witch that has landed in our book! This story has inspired us to join in with lots of spooky activities. We had lots of fun making magic potions in the water, we turned everyone into frogs! We made broomsticks in the construction area using wooden blocks. We flew high up into the sky, we almost reached the moon! We also enjoyed joining in with some spooky dancing, we used scarves and we pretended to be witches, cats, bats, ghosts and zombies!

Visiting the library bus ...

We were very lucky today, the library bus came to visit us at Nursery, some of us had never been on a library bus before, it was very exciting! Dawn the librarian read us lots of spooky Halloween stories. Everyone was really good at sitting and listening to the stories ...

Happy Diwali ...

Today we have been learning all about the Diwali celebration. Diwali is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row of clay lamps that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians. 

We enjoyed watching a clip all about this festival and we found out lots more information by looking at information books. We then made our own Diwali lamps out of clay ...

Bonfire Night ...

We have enjoyed learning lots about this celebration. Did you know that a long, long time ago in 1605, Guy Fawkes and his friends wanted to blow up important buildings in London where the king and his leaders were so that someone else would rule England instead. He was caught before he did this so nobody was hurt, and it's because of him that we celebrate Bonfire Night on 5th November!

We have been busy creating our own fire work displays using chalk and glitter. We also had a go at making fire work sounds using musical instruments, 'BANG, WHOOSH, FIZZ, POP!'

Remembrance Day ...
Today we have been learning about Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day is a special day when we think about people who helped make our world a better place. People wear poppies to show we remember the people who have helped us. 

The squirrels who squabbled by Rachel Bright ...

This week we are sharing this story, it is about friendship and learning to share. This story is also a great introduction to Autumn. We have enjoyed joining in with lots of autumn activities based around this story ...

Autumn walk ...
Everyone enjoyed going for a walk on the field behind Nursery. As we walked we looked for signs of Autumn. We noticed that lots of the trees have lost their leaves and the leaves have changed colour from green to red, orange, yellow and brown, and some of the trees had berries on. As we walked through the leaves they made a crunching sound! We also noticed that they grass had lots of mildrew. These are all signs that Autumn is here ...

Children in Need ...
Everyone wore something pink or yellow to Nursery today and made a donation to The Children in Need charity. We have also been learning a Children in Need dance as well as joining in with lots of Pudsey activities ...

This charity raises money for disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. The charity's aim is to improve the lives of thousands of children by ensuring that their childhood is safe, happy and secure.

The paper dolls by Julia Donaldson ...

We have really enjoyed listening to this story, it has inspired us to get creative using our imaginations.

We enjoyed making our own paper dolls and taking them on lots of fantastical adventures. They had lots of delightful encounters with all sorts of things like dinosaurs, jungle animals and farm animals just like in the story!

A visit from Jack Frost ...
Everyone had lots of fun exploring all the frost and ice, the poor ducklings got trapped in the ice so we had to put our problem solving skills to the test to help rescue them ...

Counting down to Christmas ...
It's December and the build up to Christmas is underway! We got very excited when we noticed that Nursery had got out a special calendar. The calendar counts the days to Christmas, inside each pocket there is a chocolate coin ...

What is advent?
Advent means 'coming' and it's the period before Christmas which celebrates the birth of Jesus. 

Red day ...
Everyone wore something red today and brought in a chocolate bar which will go onto the Christmas tombola next week ...

How does Santa go down the chimney by Mac Barnett ...

Over the next two weeks we are sharing this lovely Christmas story about when Santa arrives at a child's house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst? or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there is no chimney?  This story has really captured everyone's imaginations!

We have ejoyed sharing our own thoughts of how Santa gets into our homes on Christmas Eve ... "Santa has a magic key!" "Santa makes himself small!" "Santa flies down the chimney!" "Santa can turn himself invisible!" 

We have also enjoyed designing our own chimney's and building sleighs for Santa ...

Christmas fun ...
We have been enjoying lots of Christmas activities , such as decorating the tree, singing Christmas songs, reading Christmas stories as well as lots of craft activities ...

Christmas stay & play ...
We had lots of fun joining in with lots of festive activities with our families. We enjoyed building a sleigh for Santa, making reindeer food, making snowmen and Christmas decorations.

Christmas jumper day ...

Everyone wore their Christmas jumpers to Nursery today and made a donation to the 'Save the children charity' ...

Christmas party ...
Everyone had an amazing time at the Christmas party. We watched a magic show, played party games, enjoyed lots of yummy food and to finish off we had a special visitor ... SANTA! 

Merry Christmas everyone!

The Grove care home visit ...

We had a lovely afternoon visiting The Grove care home, we made Christmas cards for some of the residents and some of the children at Nursery donated some mince pies for the residents to enjoy over Christmas. We also sang lots of Christmas songs to them. Everyone at the care home really enjoyed meeting us ...

Perky little penguins ...
This is the new core story that we will be sharing over the next two weeks. Perky little penguins, coming out to play, looking for their playmates, hurray!
 We enjoyed listening to this story in Phonics, we watched them slide, jump and waddle around! We have enjoyed drawing our own pictures of penguins and learning a new penguin dance. We also enjoyed looking at non - fiction books to find out more information about them. 

We also enjoyed playing out in the snow, we waddled, slid and jumped around just like a real penguin!

Perky little penguins ...
Look at our amazing penguins that we made using 2D shapes ...

"I'm a little penguin in the snow, I slide on my tummy to and fro, I eat fish from the deep blue sea, I'm black and white as you can see!"

Core Book
We have lots of favourite stories at Nursery. When introducing a new book, we look carefully at the key features. The front cover gives us lots of information about the book including the title, author and the picture is often a clue about what the story might be about.

For two weeks we focus on a 'core book'. By doing this it helps us to understand the story and learn lots about the characters. 
After reading the book it enables us to join in with lots of fun activities based around the story. This helps us to learn in all areas of our curriculum.

The three little pigs ...

This is a brilliant classic tale all about how patience and hard work pay off in the end. The first two pigs were a little lazy who refused to put in much effort. As a result they constructed their houses quickly which meant that they could not escape the BIG bad wolf!

We have really enjoyed acting out this story with our friends and designing and building our own houses making sure that they were wolf proof! We also enjoyed writing letters from the wolf to say sorry to the little pigs for being so scary! 

A handful of buttons by Carmen Parets Luque ...

For the next two weeks we are sharing this story, this is a lovely story that teaches us about how families are different, unique and special. Families are as diverse as a handful of buttons, but something that they do have in common is LOVE!

We have enjoyed joining in with lots of activities based around this story. We have been drawing self and family portraits, sorting, counting and making patterns with buttons and lots more ...

Kind by Axel Scheffler

Imagine a world where everyone is kind - how can we make that come true?

This story has inspired us to think of more ways that we can be more kind to others. 

We shared our feelings, about what makes us happy and what makes us sad. We also talked about the different ways to be kind to others. We made 'kind' jars' by drawing something that we could do at Nursery that is kind ...

Mixing paint ...

We have been learning how to mix paints to create some beautiful colours! There is a lot to remember when we paint. We have been listening and following instructions, and using our hands carefully ...

Harvest collection ...

Thank you for your Harvest donations. We will continue to collect tins, packets, toiletries & baby products if you wish to donate. Our collection will then be taken to a local charity for them to distribute in the local community.

We're going on a Autumn hunt ...
We enjoyed going on an 'Autumn' hunt in the Nursery garden, we found lots of signs that Autumn has finally arrived. Lots of trees have lost their leaves and we also noticed that the leaves are changing colour. We found lots of brown and yellow ones! As we walked through the leaves we heard a crunching sound and when we scooped some of the leaves up into our hands and threw them into the air they danced around in the sky before gently floating back down to the ground just like the 'Five little leaves so bright' song ...

Farmer Kayla ...

Kayla, the farmer came to visit us today to talk to us about working on a farm. Kayla shared lots of photographs of her working day. Kayla told us that she needs to get up very early in the morning so that she can help look after all the animals that live on the farm. Kayla very kindly brought in some milkshake that is made at the farm, we enjoyed tasting, banana, chocolate and strawberry. They tasted yummy!

The colour monster by Anna LLenas ...

The colour monster, feeling all mixed up inside, sets out on a journey to sort through his feelings. This story is great for learning lots about colours, numbers, shapes and about helping us to understand our own feelings. 

We have been busy drawing and making our own colour monsters and discussing what makes us feel happy, sad, scared etc. We also had a go at finger painting, we mixed paints together to create lots of different colours.

Stay & play ...
Everyone was invited to join us at Nursery for stay & play. We enjoyed showing our mums and dads what we get up to and what we have been learning at Nursery.
Stay and play provide an opportunity for parents to stay with their child and actively participate in various activities and play experiences alongside them. It's a great time for parents and children to learn and grow together in a supportive and nurturing environment.

There's a witch in your book by Tom Fletcher ...

Hocus Pocus! Just in time for Halloween! This is an adorable story all about a witch that has landed in our book! This story has inspired us to join in with lots of spooky activities. We had lots of fun making magic potions in the water, we turned everyone into frogs! We made broomsticks in the construction area using wooden blocks. We flew high up into the sky, we almost reached the moon! We also enjoyed joining in with some spooky dancing, we used scarves and we pretended to be witches, cats, bats, ghosts and zombies!

Visiting the library bus ...

We were very lucky today, the library bus came to visit us at Nursery, some of us had never been on a library bus before, it was very exciting! Dawn the librarian read us lots of spooky Halloween stories. Everyone was really good at sitting and listening to the stories ...

Happy Diwali ...

Today we have been learning all about the Diwali celebration. Diwali is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row of clay lamps that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians. 

We enjoyed watching a clip all about this festival and we found out lots more information by looking at information books. We then made our own Diwali lamps out of clay ...

Bonfire Night ...

We have enjoyed learning lots about this celebration. Did you know that a long, long time ago in 1605, Guy Fawkes and his friends wanted to blow up important buildings in London where the king and his leaders were so that someone else would rule England instead. He was caught before he did this so nobody was hurt, and it's because of him that we celebrate Bonfire Night on 5th November!

We have been busy creating our own fire work displays using chalk and glitter. We also had a go at making fire work sounds using musical instruments, 'BANG, WHOOSH, FIZZ, POP!'

Remembrance Day ...
Today we have been learning about Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day is a special day when we think about people who helped make our world a better place. People wear poppies to show we remember the people who have helped us. 

The squirrels who squabbled by Rachel Bright ...

This week we are sharing this story, it is about friendship and learning to share. This story is also a great introduction to Autumn. We have enjoyed joining in with lots of autumn activities based around this story ...

Autumn walk ...
Everyone enjoyed going for a walk on the field behind Nursery. As we walked we looked for signs of Autumn. We noticed that lots of the trees have lost their leaves and the leaves have changed colour from green to red, orange, yellow and brown, and some of the trees had berries on. As we walked through the leaves they made a crunching sound! We also noticed that they grass had lots of mildrew. These are all signs that Autumn is here ...

Children in Need ...
Everyone wore something pink or yellow to Nursery today and made a donation to The Children in Need charity. We have also been learning a Children in Need dance as well as joining in with lots of Pudsey activities ...

This charity raises money for disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. The charity's aim is to improve the lives of thousands of children by ensuring that their childhood is safe, happy and secure.

The paper dolls by Julia Donaldson ...

We have really enjoyed listening to this story, it has inspired us to get creative using our imaginations.

We enjoyed making our own paper dolls and taking them on lots of fantastical adventures. They had lots of delightful encounters with all sorts of things like dinosaurs, jungle animals and farm animals just like in the story!

A visit from Jack Frost ...
Everyone had lots of fun exploring all the frost and ice, the poor ducklings got trapped in the ice so we had to put our problem solving skills to the test to help rescue them ...

Counting down to Christmas ...
It's December and the build up to Christmas is underway! We got very excited when we noticed that Nursery had got out a special calendar. The calendar counts the days to Christmas, inside each pocket there is a chocolate coin ...

What is advent?
Advent means 'coming' and it's the period before Christmas which celebrates the birth of Jesus. 

Red day ...
Everyone wore something red today and brought in a chocolate bar which will go onto the Christmas tombola next week ...

How does Santa go down the chimney by Mac Barnett ...

Over the next two weeks we are sharing this lovely Christmas story about when Santa arrives at a child's house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst? or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there is no chimney?  This story has really captured everyone's imaginations!

We have ejoyed sharing our own thoughts of how Santa gets into our homes on Christmas Eve ... "Santa has a magic key!" "Santa makes himself small!" "Santa flies down the chimney!" "Santa can turn himself invisible!" 

We have also enjoyed designing our own chimney's and building sleighs for Santa ...

Christmas fun ...
We have been enjoying lots of Christmas activities , such as decorating the tree, singing Christmas songs, reading Christmas stories as well as lots of craft activities ...

Christmas stay & play ...
We had lots of fun joining in with lots of festive activities with our families. We enjoyed building a sleigh for Santa, making reindeer food, making snowmen and Christmas decorations.

Christmas jumper day ...

Everyone wore their Christmas jumpers to Nursery today and made a donation to the 'Save the children charity' ...

Christmas party ...
Everyone had an amazing time at the Christmas party. We watched a magic show, played party games, enjoyed lots of yummy food and to finish off we had a special visitor ... SANTA! 

Merry Christmas everyone!

The Grove care home visit ...

We had a lovely afternoon visiting The Grove care home, we made Christmas cards for some of the residents and some of the children at Nursery donated some mince pies for the residents to enjoy over Christmas. We also sang lots of Christmas songs to them. Everyone at the care home really enjoyed meeting us ...

Perky little penguins ...
This is the new core story that we will be sharing over the next two weeks. Perky little penguins, coming out to play, looking for their playmates, hurray!
 We enjoyed listening to this story in Phonics, we watched them slide, jump and waddle around! We have enjoyed drawing our own pictures of penguins and learning a new penguin dance. We also enjoyed looking at non - fiction books to find out more information about them. 

We also enjoyed playing out in the snow, we waddled, slid and jumped around just like a real penguin!

Perky little penguins ...
Look at our amazing penguins that we made using 2D shapes ...

"I'm a little penguin in the snow, I slide on my tummy to and fro, I eat fish from the deep blue sea, I'm black and white as you can see!"